
The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
Title | Type | Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? | Classification | PL | Statute At Large |
Date(s) Enacted![]() |
Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
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Betty Dick Residence Protection Act | Private Law | Betty Dick Residence Protection Act | "Betty Dick Residence Protection Act" | Betty Dick, 83-year-old woman residing in a cabin within Rocky Mountain National Park. The bill granted her a life estate. | Private Law 109-1 | 120 Stat 3705 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-146 |
short title; - noted here because the private laws are generally not included in the Popular Name Table -- wonder why this one is | |||
Carlisle Act (Internal Revenue) | Sponsor | Carlisle Act (Internal Revenue) | NO short title | Rep. John Griffin Carlisle (D-KY) | 19 USC 468, 469 | ch. 108, 21 Stat 145 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
PNT has 21 Stat 148 but it has to be wrong | |||
Pittman Act | Sponsor | Pittman Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 63, 40 Stat 535 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
nothing in statute; about silver and gold and coinage | ||||
The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 |